Artwork pulls me in but the premise of the game is more important. Then I check previews and reviews. The system matters - if it seems too convoluted/ needlessly complicated then I'm out.
Hands down GDW. 2300AD was my first RPG I bought that was not in my native language. I then bought Traveller the new era, Dark Conspiracy and Twilight 2000. Had a lot of fun with all those games over the years.
I'm hoping to get a campaign going in Unity RPG early next year with a colleague and his spouse. Then continue with Coriolis or Kult with a mate over Skype and hopefully do a one-shoot with Alien RPG (cinematic mode) and then continue with campaign mode. As I am moving next year and work is...
Loved the first edition with all its craziness and mix of mythology. GMd it so much I burned out completely and couldn't even look at the game for years without getting a headache. Picked up 2nd edition and didn't like the new systems especially the charms and the incredibly boring written text...
I like PA in all varieties. I have a softspot for Alien invasion games (like the old Swedish game Wastelands which handled anything from MadMax type games to Colony (the TV series) type (ie resistance) games) as well as over the top games like Waste World and Gamma world like games (but not...
Got hooked on rpg's with Mutant (the great-great grandparent of Mutant Zero) in the mid-80s. The PA genre has been a favourite since then. Most of the games I have GM'd and enjoyed have had some PA in it regardless whether it is fantasy or SciFi so I guess you can count me in the camp of those...
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